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Day in photos: Dec. 13, 2012

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Bandhan Kerketta, right, is congratulated by teammate Deepak Kushwaha after their team won a relay at India’s National Sports Meet for the Blind in New Delhi. AP
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An activist hurls stones at riot cops guarding the Tucuman provincial house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during protests over the acquittal of 13 suspects in a kidnapping and prostitution case. Reuters
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Indian firefighters attempt to control a fire — blamed on a short circuit at one of the shops — at an electronics market in the old quarters of New Delhi. AFP/Getty Images
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An Albanian teen cleans snow from the roof in front of his window just outside the city of Kukes. Reuters
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Israeli soldiers take cover behind a fruit stand during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians in Hebron, West Bank. The scuffles broke out before the funeral of a Palestinian teenager shot dead by Israeli troops. Reuters
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Queen Elizabeth inspects the rows of gold reserves in a vault at the Bank of England in London. AFP/Getty Images
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A visitor peers into a piece called ‘Thought’ by Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen is at Kunsthalle in Duesseldorf, Germany. EPA
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A member of Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency loads into an incinerator some of about 1.2 tons of illegal narcotics destroyed by he government this year. Reuters
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A young elephant plays in the snow at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. AFP/Getty Images
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Competitors jockey for position in midair during the quarterfinal heat of the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup in Telluride, Colo. Getty Images
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Indian army soldiers perform Mallakhamb, a form of traditional Indian gymnastics, during a rehearsal for Victory Day celebrations in Mumbai. AP
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Towering racks await the delivery of the 750 million pages of the British Library newspaper collection at its new environmentally controlled facility in Boston Spa, England. Reuters